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1 " Today there were fear, hatred, and pain, but no dignity of emotion, no deep or complex sorrows. "
― George Orwell , 1984
2 " Keeping up with him would require running, and there is no dignity in running after any man for any reason, injured or not. "
― Suzanne Johnson , Elysian Fields (Sentinels of New Orleans, #3)
3 " Her tears fell abundantly--but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes--and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart and understanding--really for the time convinced that Harriet was the superior creature of the two--and that to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness than all that genius or intelligence could do.It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant; but she left her with every previous resolution confirmed of being humble and discreet, and repressing imagination all the rest of her life. "
― Jane Austen
4 " There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little. "
― Pope John Paul II
5 " Countries which have a different base, for example, a Christian one (or at least one with the memory of a Christian foundation) may indeed act most inconsistently and horribly. But when a state with a materialistic base acts arbitrarily and gives no dignity to man, internally or externally, it is being consistent to its basic presuppositions and principles. "
― Francis A. Schaeffer
6 " To have no loyalty is to have no dignity and in the end no manhood. "
7 " There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. "
